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GATE. No. 577,223. Patented Feb. 16, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVUS BARTON, O'F MEMPHIS, MICHIGAN.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,223, dated February16, 1897.

Application filed June 29, 1896. Serial No. 597,392. (No model.)

To all whom it may canoe-rm Be it known that I, GUsrAvUs BARTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of St.Clair and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gates, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to an improvement in gates designed especially tobe used as farm-gates, although capable of use in other places, and itis embodied in the arrangement and construction of parts, as hereinafterparticularly set forth, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The invention further consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved gate,showing it closed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing in full and dottedlines the gate in different positions. Fig. 3 is an elevation similar toFig. 1, showing the gate raised to its upper position. Fig. 4 is aperspective illustrating the support between the gate and the bracket.Fig. 5 is a section therethrough. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the outerend of the bracket, showing the gate arranged at right angles to thebracket. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the inner end of the gate,showing the construction of the keeper for-that end of the gate on thebracket-post.

A is the hinged post, and B the lockingpost, between which is thegateway which my gate is intended to control. To the hingepost A ishinged the bracket-post a, from which extends to about the middle of thegateway the bracket 0.

D is the gate, which may be of any suitable construction. I have shownit composed of ordinary boards and connecting posts or slats, the boardsprojecting slightly beyond the end slats, as shown.

E is a link which at its upper end is pivotally connected with the gate,preferably at or near the middle portion thereof, so as to balance thegate as nearly as possible. This link is so connected that it has aninclination from its pivotal support on the bracket to its pivotalconnection with the gate, as plainly shown in Fig. 1, so that the weightof the gate, tending to cause the link to assume a Vertical position,will act to force it slightly to one end and thereby hold the end of thegate or a part thereof in a keeper in the post B. I have shown thiskeeper formed by a notch in the post B, with which the ends of theboards of the gate engage, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

With the device thus far described I have a complete operative gatewhich works satisfactorily and as follows: If it is desired to open thegate, the operator first swings the gate endwise toward the post A todisengage the gate from the keeper Z), and then the gate may be turnedupon the hinge of the gatebracket to open it in either direction. Inclosing it it is swung upon the hinge so as to be opposite the keeper1), when on releasing it its weight will cause it to engage therewithand lock it in its closed position.

I prefer, in addition to the construction already described, to hingethe gate or its supporting-link so that the gate may be turned on thepivot on the end of. the bracket,in which case the gate can be openedeither by turning the bracket upon its hinge or by turning the gate uponits hinge on the end of the bracket' This I preferably accomplish bysupporting the pivot or crank F of the link in the bearing G at the topof the pin H, which in turn is swiveled in the bearing in the end of thebracket, as plainly shown in Figs. 4 and 5. With this construction theperson passing through the gate may open it from either side by turningit upon the pin H in the bracket 0. This is of considerable advantage,as the person drawing anything or holding a horse or other animal inpassing through the gate can swing-it on the pivot-pin H, opening inadvance of him, and the other end of the gate will swing behind him, sothat standing in the same position after passing through he can closethe gate in the manner described. In this movement the gate will beturned, for instance, from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 tothe position shown in dotted lines in that figure. With thisconstruction of gate I preferably arrange keepers I, preferably in theshape of bails, on opposite sides of the bracket-posts a, with which oneof the boards of the gate may be engaged by the end move ment of thegate, so as to prevent the aecidental turning of the gate upon thecentral hinge, as might be the case it but one were locked.

It might be desirable at ti1nes,where, for i11- stance, small animalsare desired to pass the gate, while larger animals are to be kept out,or in case of heavy snow, to have the gate proper turn upon a higherplane than its normal plane, and I may effect this result by swingingthe gate on the horizontal pivot or crank F to the upper position shownin Fig. 3. To do this, itis desirable that the weight of the gate shouldautomatically lock it, and therefore the link should incline in theopposite direction. This I accomplish by adjusting the pin H in the slotJ in the end of the bracket, the pin being held in its adjusted positionby means of the stop-pins K, or the pin 11 may be put through one of aseries of holes arranged through this bracket. The construction shown ispreferable, however, as it obviates the necessity of lifting the pinwith the gate up and down in making this adjustment or change. Vith thisconstruction it is desirable, in order to prevent the gate from fallingforward, to arrange some kind of a stop, such, forinstance, as the pinL, bearing against the rear side of the link.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of a hinged bracket,a gate, a link having at one end a horizontallyprojecting portion bywhich it is pivoted to the bracket, and having at the other end ahorizontal projecting portion by which it is pivoted to the gate at ornear its middle.

2. The combination of a hinged bracket, a link havingoppositely-projecting pivots at right angles with the same by one ofwhich it is connected to the bracket, near its end, and a gate suspendednear its middle on the remaining pivot.

The combination of a hinged gatebracket, a link pivoted to the brackethorizontally, and a gate having a horizontal pivotal connection withsaid link, and a post with which a part of the gate engages, the pivotedlink causing the gate to be retained in engagement with the keeper bygravity.

4. The combination of a hinged gatebracket extending substantially tothe middle of the gateway, a gate, alink havingahorizontal and verticalswivel connection with the bracket, and a pivotal connection with thegate and adapted to be swung to support the gate in diiferent verticalpositions.

5. The combination of a hinged gatebracket extending substantially tothe middle of the gateway, a link, a swiveled pin on the end of thebracket in which said link is horizontally pivoted, a gate horizontallysecured on the lower end of the link said link adapted to be swung tosupport the gate in diiterent vertical positions, and retainers for bothends of the gate, one on the gate-post and one on the bracket.

(5. The combination of a hinged gatebraeket extending substantially tothe middle of the gateway, a link having a horizontal and verticalswivel connection with the end of the bracket, a gate pivoted atitsmiddle to the link and adapted to swing with and be supported by saidlink in different vertical positions, retainers for the inner end of thegate on both sides of the bracket, and a gate-post having a retainerwith which either end of the gate may engage.

7. The combination with the gate-posts, of a gate-bracket hinged to oneand extending to substantially midway between the posts, a gate, a linksuspended from the bracket to which the gate is pivoted, the link beingfree to swing upward or downward from the bracket, and a stop on thegate with which the link engages in its upward position to hold it fromfalling, substantially as described.

8. The combination with the gate-posts, of a gate-bracket hinged to oneand extending to substantially midway between the posts, a gate, a linksuspended from the bracket and to which the gate is pivoted, the linkbeing free to swing upward or downward from the support on the bracket,and a longitudinal ad- 3' ustment for the link-support on the bracket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVUS BARTON. lVitnesses:

M. B. ODoennnrv, O'r'ro F. BARTHEL.

